Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Sights & Activities
As with Napier, Hastings was similarly devastated by the 1931 earthquake and also boasts
some fine art-deco and Spanish Mission buildings, built in the aftermath. Main-street
ings)
, arguably the Bay's best example of the Spanish Mission style, although there are
myriad architectural gems here. The i-SITE stocks the
Art Deco Hastings
brochure ($1),
detailing two self-guided walks.
Te Mata Peak
(
www.tematapark.co.nz
)
Rising melodramatically from the Heretaunga Plains 16km south of
Havelock North, Te Mata Peak (399m) is part of the 98-hectare
Te Mata Trust Park
. The sum-
mit road passes sheep trails, rickety fences and vertigo-inducing stone escarpments,
cowled in a bleak, lunar-meets-Scottish-Highland atmosphere. From the
lookout
on a clear
day, views fall away to Hawke Bay, Mahia Peninsula and distant Mt Ruapehu.
The park's trails offer walks from 30 minutes to two hours: pick up the
Te Mata Trust
Park
brochure from local i-SITEs.
PARK
Hastings City Art Gallery
MAP
GALLERY
GOOGLE MAP
(HCAG;
www.hastingscityartgallery.co.nz
;
201 Eastbourne St E, Hastings; 10am-4.30pm)
The city's
gallery presents contemporary NZ and international art in a bright, purpose-built space.
Expect some wacky stuff (much wackier than Hastings itself…).
Hastings Farmers Market
MAP
FARMERS MARKET
GOOGLE MAP
